The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1884 Page: 1 of 4
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|THE DEMOCRAT:
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—AND BOOTS,
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MoKINNEY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. OCT. 30, 1884.
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$1 A YEAR.
The True Imui>.
"Settlers are buying leased 1* )>** been the purine «f the
As constantly, and no harm school money ring to mislead
falls them." ! the public us to the real issue
Editor Enquirer lias been in county politic. It in 110
ere nnd seen how it in. O, i longer a concealed fact that
s, tell one more au<l quit, they did not expect from the
ople got no sense. Editor, firnt to elect Mum- represent a
quirer a very knowing mail, tive, nor do they now think of
"Since the lease-law weut into doing ho. The machinery of
'ect, 8,000,OX) acres of school the rings is primarily at work
d has-been leased and IttH,- Bagley and hold the
,, ,, county money in the C. C. N.
other whitewashing story. Hunk< When Mack made his
ids sold since lease law went
effect, were sold to men
buy tlieut for the cattle
Igs. See the action of the
id board.
Until the lease law went Into
feet, 10,000 acres- was the most
ind ever taken up, in one year.
attack on the sehool money
ring in the month of August,
then the rings begaa to change
their tactics. It was about the
time of this discovery of the
school money grab that Allison
! cam j into the treasurer's race.
'The rings then thought with
actual settlers.
Less than that amount taken n'1' ul lM,M*uts 'he rep re -
now by Actual Settlers, I "«ntative «"'« Mack might have
lut much more bv their tools
iployed to defraud the people.
"On the 4th of last month the
ind Board discontinued the
ising of watered lands,
id none are now being leased."
Also discontinued selling
Entered sections to actual set-
\Letter From Martin Box.
Letter From John K. tallk.
M
1.1
editorial purporting to give an
account of a conversation be-
tween myself and ('apt. Boyd.
Mr. Briully says In* simply ad*
OUR REVIEW!
, schools was getting the Interest
ou this uwuey. The condition
'of the batik became at last a
legitimate topic « f discussion.
Martin Box, Prect. No. 3. 1 Partnersville, Texas,
Oct. 25. 1«?4. | October 94th,'84
To Kdtior Pkmoceat : 1 To ItlUor
After reading utility papers I notice in the Enquirer of j vised me to be sure of currying OKTHK PANT HII list: OK TIIK To meet this the stockholders
and hearing the lease law and t Oct. 11th, a short editorial pur- j Kast Collin Tor myself before DEMOCRAT AMI ITfe bluffed the public with a pre
free grass questiou discussed by porting to bo ait answer to my 1 protni-ing to carry it for any I'KENEST STAND tended increase of its capital
many and last but not the least letter in the Dkmockat of Oct. !« «*• *dse. ' will state, and tliis j poUTlCM. j#tock. Their sworn report of
we heard it hy II. C. Mack and U, but 1 find ('apt. Biughlim
P. B. Muscat Cray Bill the 17th,! tries by resorting to ridicule uml
you well know, that I huvenev-' , Sept. 30th, shows ihut this was
er promised to carry this part WE ASK OIK READERS TO a false statement made to de
I thought I would write a few
liues for your columns. Mr.
Muse said the lease law was not
perfect and should be amended
but did not tell where in it wus
defective or where in lie was in
sarcasm to accomplish what he
knows lie cannot establish by
facts and common sense, for I
find that he falls entirely to
uuswer the very pointed ques-
CAKEFl'LLY READ AND
SHE IF NVK ARK NOT
RIGHT.
; ceive the public. It has been
j further shown tint this same
bunk desiring a further control
of the couuiy in >ney has on
BFVIEW NO. 1. j hands a large an tint of cattle (
\\ ill the readers of the 1H:m I papers and that so teof its pric 1
|ers. The watered land*) are to j he could not give any attention
held to turn over to the rich to the school money crowd and
Ittle kings when they resume j their candidate for treasurer,
ising. Do you si Cap's
?a!
Mr. Muse is ns much a school
money candidate to-day, as
Less than 2,000,<KK) acres of Bagley, and is running mainly
of the county for any 'tie 1
us I never promise anything in
less I know I can accomplish ii.,
1 know the citizens of East Col
lin will vote independent. nud<
lions that I asked iu rcfference !Just as they plense, for I know
favor of amendments. We think to the late county convention,. they have always tast a heavy « " at iu w go back brielly over; cipul officers hav been exten ,
he should have told the people | and makes an assertion that is ! majority against the ring can |he course it has pursued siuce j Hive dealers in ci ttoii futures.'
wliut objections he hud to the, fart her trout the facts in the I didates in the past and will do, u "inured upon its course as 11 j and thflf they ha\e bought uj-
lesee btw if he had any. He al- J case than he did before, ('apt. the same this time. ' journal f the papers to further theii
so suid lie was not in favor of) Bingham you state in regard to So. Dradl}, do rt worry your-' Having done thin each one for j scheming. Such are sonn
class legislation but we believe I the resolution originated by self about the citi/eus of F. 1st 11 i tu .*•«•! I can say as to the degree J of the fa< ts that go t-
Collin, or free grass men all fidelity with which we have make up the history of th
over the county for I assure .adhered to the cause "f the peo-
you they can't be bought !' 1 1 ' ph'. Our purpose has been to
cents. Furt'ieritiore are you , correct official abuses and to! Are the reforms wi advocate nnd
not doing me au injustice when 1 remedy public evils. For our j the changes we demand best
you try to leave the impression i success and purposes in u good ! for the people f The truth has
on your readers that I promised ! euuse, we claim only that 1 been out aim, and the interest
to carry this portion «>f the j degree of honorat the hands of' of the people our highest object,
county for some candidate when 1 •he people that stll'li services I HBVHWNO.9.
you know very well I did not ' entitle us to.
When, 01, the 7th, of last | *mwb*tat1v hack.
rite course of tile JtKMoCUA'r
• i
that leasing the public laud to the committee on resolution in
corporations and cattle kings is
class legislation in favor
of the rich. We think 1<?,*
Soo acres of land is more
than any family has
any j
that convention, thai Ireland
and Gibbs' names were not
mentioned, and that no such
resolution was mentioned in the
convention. Now, Capt., let me
leisure to get iu some work on
the school money ring and aid
in Bagley's defeat. So they
pulled down the three and
put up Muse in their stead, hop «efor. It isalittl thin to roll | propound a few more questions
iug to so engage Mack by giv-ju <'hool money around 1 that I want you to answer, or
ing him a single opponent ami!,l lease law pill and try to get it
a lawyer to cunvuss with thut!d« wi the poor man— it wont
1 work.
Captain Bingham, of the En
quirer, has made a great howl
about the <grunty being ruined
if tiie lease tftW IS repealed and
the market for bois d'.Arc posts
ihool land has been leased, and
{ore than 80,000,000 acres are
till opeu to anybody who wants
to secure Bagley \s election. Thw ,,l'ned. 1 reckon the (ap thinks
other three men were pulled' 'J1111 lM)(,r mwn ,n
down, as will now be seen, to aid ! ro,,,lty don t know anything nominating a candidate for lo
in the scheme of Bagley's elec-; a^ol,t the \N est, neithenloes he representative; and by so
cm t u uitt e tion, and this for the purpose of
j know that it will take more i doing did not this committee on
y got tie pit inn < keeping the county money in
j posts to fence the we«tem conn-, resolutions, Muse among them,
omeless men must take what t,HJ Co|Hn Cou|Uv Nationa]; try in small tracts than in large i V|rtllal,v assert that the citl
simply admit these facts with-
out answering at all.
I. Was not Mr. Muse, who is
now candidate for local repre-
sentative, a member of and
chairman of this committee on
resolutions, and did he not sanc-
tion the resolution in favor of
holding a county nominating
convention for the purpose of
left and allow the cows to
tve the best. Editor Enquirer
Itinks a cow is better than a
)or man. If the settler gets .. . ,t. _ .
, , 1,1. ...1 n county that neither of the
the unleased land lie will be _ , , ,, , , ,
)ed around and put under a
Bank. Aft n further proof of
this state of facts it will be re-
membered by the voters in Col-
to .lelin R
law. But Bingham is
by corporations, so you
1 how it is.
lie 5?,000,000 acres of leased
Jool land is subject to sale to
Ptual settlers wnenever they
Fantany part of it."
In a horn ! Editor of Enquir-
er is a seedy old cuss but knows
|iow to impose011 the poor. He's ! lease-law
(ot rich selling theiu his paper
|ht twice what a good paper is
rortli and now wants to put
lem in the bull pens of the
ittlo kings. Not much you
m't old Cap.
"|f fhere is any change needed
the least* law for the protec-
|on of set tlers, the coming leg-
ilature will make it. but to re-
eal the lease law and turn the
tnd over to the cattle men free,
It will never be done."
O, yes, "if there is any
lange needed." That sounds
stockholders of this bank were
known to be lease-law men pri
/.ens of the county were not
1 competent to select a man
bodies, ne don't know that
there is no bois d'Arc posts ship
ped farther west fltftfl the far for the Ugfcfaturc I
edge of Denton county. He j n Don't you believe the ob-
don t know that there i* joct of this committee when
school land in any of the couii*) they made the resolution in fa
or to the first of September. On ties that bois <1 Arc posts are j Vor of holding a county nontina-
the contrary Muse was uuder- shipped to. (ting convention was to defeat
stood to be for free grass until: ^ He don t know that there is no Mack and elect either Craig or
Muse f
111. Won't you admit that
the old ring was afrnid to sub
mit the claims of their pet can-
the ring took charge of him and ' grass man fool enough to
told him he was a lease-law jwant ^pe grass on anything but
man. Captain Rhea was also; Pnblic land- He don't know
a free grass man a few months! t',H^ ,nen 'n the west fence with
ago. Also W. L. Boyd made jiron and they can get ce-1 ^idate to the people straight
sell-out-propositions dnr, postoftk, walnut and other ^ni^ and concluded to call a
Smith. So it will K°°d timber nearer ami at a county convention to nominate
be seen that all their lease law , #?''eat ?TWt less expense than a candidate for local represen-
talk is simply to deceive the' they can get bois d'Arc from tative and try to elect him by
id to attract attention * < llin county. He don t knot* , claiming that he was the rega-
in Collin , |ar democratic nominee, when
you wull knew that we only had
that the poor men
Rnow better than
to believe I
that the lease law has anything
post
one organization outside of the
McKinney ring of politicians,
in the county. Furthermore,
people and
from (Tie treasurer's race where
tho money is. The real fight is
to hold the money in that bank.
It is a fight over tho people's [ t° do with the bois d Arc
money—not that these men ex- jCollin county.
pect < r care to elect Muse. 1 ^ ewill advise the Captain to ' while 1 admit that I could not,
Muse, no doubt, has true M° w"of,t and look at the country 1 at that time, discover tlie motive
friends, ardently supporting soon. We don't imagine there ur reason of this committee for
him. who know nothing of the has been many car loads of posts | reporting in favor ofholdinga
hii «• hi u trickery at tin* foundation of his shipped from Collin to Tom nominating convention, yet,
rv'nieo old cent "The leiris-1 candidacy. But the bank Oreenorany of the frontier com- j under the light of recent events
ture will make no change if m)wd are running him to elect ties where there is school land, j l think I have discovered their
ich men as your man Muse. Bagley—and for nothing else. He don't want to know that j reason tor so doing, and that
rts ttlere. But the change "Let*0 AlonoI" Mat k w 1" get a nh t iimjontj , that Mr. Muse had a repre-
111 bo made In hU otonr.. — " !.lf' 8-nU".ive "! 118 ""'1
th.
¥ m
Dkmociiat's on "count\
finance." Have w .• been right 4
i
do any such thing.
And you also sav "as one who ' February, our first number!,
felt great interest in his sue. ess | went forth to the public it bore! 'n ,,H* representative race has
Smith has i a pledge of fidelity to the inter- 1 oeen to keep pace
we regret that Mr.
become involved iu the wrangle
over free grass to such au e\
tent lie fails to be just n> the
best friends he has in the
county " 1 will answer this
by asking will Mr. Bradley
show iu one single instance
where I have he;fii un
just to any citizen of the county
whether they be friend or foe
and I confess I am somewhat
surprised that ^lr. Bradley
claims to have been such a good
friend of mine after trying
every possible way to damage
my canvass. And I here in
form you Mr. Bradley that I
more highly esteem an open
faced political opponent than I
do a fslse friend, for 1 abhor
hipoeraey In any form and be-
lieve in being opened faced and
honest in .publicas well as pri
fate aflW Yours truly,
John R. Smith.
Onward to Vlotory
lets
rill
leis not needed there.
'Csmpslgn Lies."
Henry Finch wants to be let vember but we think he will all | helped report this resolution in
alone. Well now. Henry, we the same if court knows . order to either get the nomina
suppose we must let you ,4se- ; a,„i «... • • , ,, .
verely alone." But, son you . oelievt tiott himself or give it to Craig.
Under the above heading the | ought to let others alone.' We ,1hat llJ® Pnb,ir *and should j j\ . And now, Captain, after
Inquirer warns the people to only said the article in the sold to actual settlers l|le ringsters failetl to hold a
lew-are of falsehoods set afioat Enquirer bore your ear marks, in small tracts for the benefit of j convention, and flio three can
I the eve of the election. J' ^ the poor and homeless and tho | di,Jates I to let six men
"hen the l.,n-,« ked editor sTwIlndHp you felt in ult,.l J'rT ;'l. cid.- who -I, run, ,lt.1.....
roes on and tills his entire pa at having the article in question r,,n(J 11 "u '"v"sl 11 "! K;ate or the ringsters put Muse up th.-
>er with falsehoods and slan-1 lnid t n you. Its writer's superla county bonds and let it briuga day of the pic nic at Piano, af
tive ignorance and total want of' revenue to the school children. t,.,. considering the claims of
truth should inijiell any one t. We further believe there is not Mr Craig, and after cancnssing
?'t,i? t °U Ve y£n a tenant in this or any other jn rtt.rr,.t wlfh different mem-
talking the same stuff on the „ , , t« r i wuu n in nit hi
iheet of falsehood and slander J streets. Go slow, Henry, you °ounty tnat nas anj git up of the ring from all parts
jver was issued from the press ' know you are one of the mon about him that don t pay more 0f t]u, county at Piano that
*fore as the Enanirer of last of t,M' rin« aml .v",n',aw r,,nt than ',if ' hildren gets from ,]av. Furthermore, was it not
r«k, „ul.. , it it .lie on, ^ Th? ! ^
kill. wwk. which may dot it. Ilocnto .. man by the company ,n wc" " the ring at Piano tl. Han.c day,
Wo on old "Bingerman/*grind! he keeps. * they want them, ^ml not in that .lohn R. Smith must be de-
>dt your falsehoods and slan*! m* •-m leased pastures* Now in con- fettted if possible, for Assessor,
|ers to order. You're paid out ** ... .... ......
Hers. A remarkable man is
When the Presidential • lee
tion Wild le.'td iii 1880 till! He
publicans had the (boernor^ in
the St,*ites of California. Color
ado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, MiishiicIium tis,
Michig an, Minnesota, Nelnas
ka. Nevada. New Hami>shir ,:
New York. < Miio. Pennsylvania,,
Rhode Island, ^'ermout and j
Wisconsin.
The Rei.ubli *aiis tliu held j willt
ie inter-
ests of the J pie The |)|.Mo
chat has tried to make good
that pledge. Without inotiev
and almost without friends, it
began its career. Its rise and
progress the people hfWC wit
liesped. and of' this we need not
sp&ik. We have spoken free
l(\ of all public wrongs. For
our services we have had as a
reward an untold amount of
abuse, one lick ovor the head,
have been shot at several times,
and two warmly contested pros
editions five trials ia nil. For
the sake of the people the lH'.S
of ii a'i' is still weathering the
storm of opposition* bitterest
rage. We still stand the more
tlrinly b\ the masses of the peo
pie.
Somehow the feeling comes
over us tbnt a grand victory of
the people over rings and mo-
nopolies is near al hand, and
our reward is sure to come.
The promise is to the faithful,
and wit have been kaithkil.
Kings have lost their power,
lake Sampson they have been
shorn of their locks. Their col-
ors look to be trailing in the
diift. while the banners of the
people are rising higher ami
llighel over the battle scene.
! Iieeli to keep pace with til
eneinv. While Coffee, NavloC
ami Coodi cr we:,' iu that race
il will be remembered that we
said nothing whatever against
the first two, and oiilv spoke of
the ofllcial acts of Ooodncr. and
went no fdrtlier. When the
ring masters pulled these three
down and put tip Muse, it will
be seen by reference to the is
sues of the DemocuaT about
that time, that we spoke only
of the trickery and ring ma
chinery by which he was
brought into the field, ami the
purpose of his candidacy.
To this we confined ourselves
until it became manifest that
Muse's advocates would not
stop short of a most h(H(*r and
relentless warfare upon tic
i) km oc it at and )l C. Mack, ft*
a candidate for representative.
As the people will remember
this warfare of lie Muse pa
pers and his advocates was not
confined to any f the rulet« of
civilized warfare. This, we
permitted to gi on for four
weeks, but it liii'.lly nnd to be
met by au ex pot ure of Muses'
gambling habit < and iutid> I
expressions.
To lltt-1 were ad led liis covert
\ attack upon the poor people . f
D>f the school money.
lfegrophobis
4'A negro preacher of Van
Reports say that wherever elusion let me say that if I was
Muse and Mack have met in a professional man or any oth-
: joint discussion. Mack has been
worsted nnd suffered loss of
strength.—Enquirer.
kind of a man and had the
for the old ring has had an old
political grudge against hint
ever since lie took a stand
whole amount 10*15 or20 acres. affajnHt the Ring tiikouoh Tits
fetyneX'niS'l'hcrM.n. h«"; The editor of the Enquirer ha. j ™> ' |'J " jjj1 n'"lu; <•<....•**« ... Tilt KsgntnKn in
pen imported, a la Ohio, and tafcen out license to deal exclu-<an 1 . . . 1 ' the canvass of 1880.
ill address the negroes of Mc«, stvely in falsehood by whole- mons I would be ashamed toad- Now, Mr. Kditor, allow me to
•grocs of mc, stvely ... _<f MB
>innpv on Friday night, in be- ^nleand retail. He got his li- vocaie l'Je lease law and jioint notice, briefly, a quotation in
lalf of Cloy Mack." from the v c N B|ink the finger of scorn at a free t|,e Mercury of the lHth, in ref*
Brother Bingham, why did grass candidate. Success to!f<>r,.ncw ^ fr,.0 Hpeech and in
^ou not tell about Lewis Muse, Clay Mack wants the county the Dkmockat and hurruh for i answer to my letter of the Iflth
j in the Dkmockat. The Mercury
says: "We did criticise the
w f __ _ iways first John R. Smith article in
31ay Mack to get a few votes We understood the editor of the girl "who looks loveliest in t the T>kbtoorat as we had a per-
Trom among the colored people! the Enquirer wanted a whack the soft, sweet shadows of the ' '
But the Muse men, white and B'few week. a#o. He 1, ,ln- "" ""
bl«k. work With them every | now getting liberal Thar, of it 1 T T" *
day and night. That woot win , f„r running his dirty sheet. i witn a kitshen stove.
old cotm. gj Richardson, Presi-; Snow fell in various parts of
'on not tell about Lewis Muse, Clay Mack wants the county the Dkmociut and hurruh ft
polt who is preaching up the 'noimj loaned out on specula Henry Clay Muck.
ause of Muse every day In Mc- iot so dw,lbt wwnw hh° *A Cot nthv Pi.i o.
o! .Must rti hi borrow sttme of if, many oth- ^ 9 m
kinney. Oh! how terrible for ers would.—Enquirer. Youuf men, it isn't ulwa)
Tiik Dkmockat is the only : dont of the World's Exposition. Ontario in the last day or so
palter that advocate* the inter- now has twenty-three cotton . a.,- -i '{..<« r«i
S.t. of the Mople, and i. IhwI ulantatlon. il. Wa.hingto.. aad At Hrutael. •ix."che lui. fal-
lively against rings and monop- lseaqueenn counties in Missis, 'en and was still fulling at last
1 sippi. occwunts.
V> ik
abridge his right of frw speech.
At the time Mr. Bradley wrote
his criticism, I had never wrote
a line for the Dkmockat, as the
papers on tile will show. Mr.
Bradley wrote in reply to an
the MM * go erniuents and , ;it
rotiage in iiiuotfun Northern
Siati -
The |)emo.Tits ia 18So Ua<!
the (fo\ernors in three N r'h
ern Stales o ily namely, New
Jersey, Oregon and Indiana.
This year t!ie Republicans
have the Coventors of only
twelve Northern States.
The 1 leiuorrats t h s \ ear hold
tin.' Governors of ten Northern
States- -namely, ('uliforniu.Col-
orado. CONNECT ICIT, Kan
sas, Michigan, Nevada. NKW
JERSEY. NKW YORK. Ohio
and Pennsylvania.
In 18K(t, out of a lolal \.it«' of {
W.yiIV'.iIT. tli«' Ilepublicans ob
tained ;i majority of u,4fM over
the 1>. 'iiocrats and were in a
minority of :tl 1,11.*> on the total
vote.
Ill the Stale elections of 1P8'J
out of a total vote of 8.011.407.
including Oreetibnck and Pro
hibition, the Ueuiocrats had a
majority of 44U.rt4'Miv«*r the Re
ashamed of
alraid of tie
the battle and victory it *ers|
other and broader fields of use
fi .ness. Let the people's ban-
ner wave.
REVIEW NO. a.
till tigs have been
the course tak« u
... |. . . ! the country. Su Ii as his o, -
I lie IM.mot.uat can now say . . J , . .
. . . j. • ' position to the exemption laws,
ltllde mat it is neither,1 .
its record nor I""'- 1
rcHuliH. Iteyond!.[" «'t.«d by
by the eueoiies of the peo pi
We know a candid public wi'l
look at ttiis mat er iu its true
light and cast their votes
against the desperate men who
are leading otrintliis mode of
warfare. It must and will re
coil upon the heads of those who
I III. ( oCNTv 1 T.NIIS.
Our readers will remember
that in the publication of the | first sought to make it avail
fir>t article that appeared in the j able iu the canvass. 1 he peo
btvtoi tcvr on
county finuuet
the subject of'pie will do the right thing in
w* modest I v 1 this arbitrament of heated
0
strife.
KBVIEW NO. 4.
"Iiobtaih;," "bushites" and 19
cent voters and by other simi-
lar dirty talk.
They haveevpeuded the school
money for^ furthering ^ their
purj oses. They hold the pub-
lic money, and use it unlawful*
ly, and grin at the people 'and
bid them defiance.*;-They*"on?
now using7everyt"[iluvice to .be
conceived of by the hanuMi
mind, to elect the school'iuoney
candidates, P. B. Muse and
Billy Bagley. VVe have givea
a faithful account of this, ring
business from the first and will
be sure to not forget these rings
iu the future. The people aTe
now staiiding on tip to* for the
4th of November to forever Bwt-
tie rings in Collin county.
HEVTRW NO 6.
kkfce (illass.
115 the I)lmot uat's discussion
on the grass question we have
endeavored to show that the
workings ami results of the
lease law would be to place
millions of acres of our land.-*
iu the west iu the hands of the
cattle kings, and prevent
thousands of the poor and
homeless people of the State
from securing homes. That it
was only another scheme for
robbing the poor and making
tin-rich richer. That the lease
system, by its establishment of
large enclosures, would entail
mail) and grievous troubles,
such as fence cutting upon tho
country. That it would prevent
the settlement and development
of the west, and in the end in«
jure the permanent school fuud
of the State many millions of
dollars.
That the tale of Its bringing
a revenue to public schools was
all a delusion and a snare. And
that under the best form it
could take after amendment it
would wink a hardship upon
the a. .UfaI settler. Also have
shown that free grass was the
old landmark of Texas. That
under free grass the State had
grown in population an 1 wealth
faster than any State in tho
1'iiion, ami that the interests of
all classes could be best pro-
moted under the free grass rule.
That the free grass men simply
claim that the poor and homo*
less should be permitted to go
west uml settle in a free range
as they have always done Ixa
Texas heretofore.
That if the settlement of the
frontier is left to the 'ictual set-
tlers and {be cat <e men, the
people wid, iu the sud, drive
out the cattle kings, nnd get not
only the grass, but th" laud al-
so. We have also shown that
ii is tie- corporations and the
rich thai are for the lease sys-
tem, and the homeless and la-
boring classes that are for free
grass. We now have no fear*
as to where old Collin will
stand on the 4th.
assumed that the idea of a bank
going on a treasurer's bond in
consideration of it getting con-
trol of the public money was
wrong and a violation of the
spirit of the law. For thU mod
est assumption we received
several severe chastisements at
publicans and a majority of
IUB,65f> over all. '
The Democratic cause is
steadily advancing and will
continue to advance. The Re
publican cause is receding and
will continue to recede.
Purchase may enable the Re
publicans to hold Ohio iu the
October election of tile present
Presidential year, n* they have
held it for seven previous Pre*
idential elections In the Inst
twenty-eight years. The peo*
Iile will wrest power from the
lepublicnns iu the November
election.
The country is weary of Re-
publican misrule. The figures
we have given prove the fact.
The Republicans, always a
minority (tarty, are now more
in the minority than ever. Re-
lief is needed from public i.ro
digality and corruption. I'he
nation demands a change
The manifest destiny of the
Democracy is onward ami still
onward to victory.—World
IttNOS ami 111NU mamicus.
Since the tlrst Monday in
September, when tie- ring mas
ters formally and openly de-
clared their supremacy over the
I people, the Dkmockat has been
tlic c.TH.iiniidm.lm.1* | tl,aki„K all a;.d
{ war upon the Court houac and
School money rings. From the
and a lot of indiscriminate
Our controversy with our con
temporaries it will lie remember
ed brought out the bank nnd
treasury reports, which under
a fair investigation showed that
the county money was being
used by the bank as a break
water against the demands of
its creditors or had been loaned
out in violation of law. That
the Treasurer had lost all cen-
time these ring masters assem-
bled at the Court uo'uSe'on that
memorable first Monday, it
was manifest that they were
determined by any means they
could devise to defrtit the will
of the people, and continue to
control county affairs, to (ire
vent which the Dkmockat has
continued its unyielding oppo-
sition to all their machinntions.
Don't fail to subscribe for
Thk Dkmockat. which ad > ora-
tes the interest of the people.
trol of the money and now only | T| deliberately ln.nlte.1 th.
I to think that... lie could j vot(.rs ut ,ht. loul„j. by pul
ling down three < undidates then
get up the money when called
on to do so he had done his du*
t) . The startling theory was now
for the first time announced that
ujcustodiaii of public money had
a right to do w hat he pleased
with it if he could only rustle it
up when required to. It wasal
so now learned by the (leopWto
their astonishment that the per-
manent school fuud of the coun-
ty had not Iteen loaned out and
before the people, and (Hit-
ting u(i the baby ringster. They
have since cont tiued their in-
sults to the inti ligence of the
people by making all sorts of
untruthful pul lications, and
clandestinely circulating ill
sorts of tales to mislead the vo
ters. They liayo characterized
those who opposed them as
"dirt eaters," "rag tails" uud
that the bank instead of the1 "black-guards,' "scoundrels,"
Tho Election."
Kditor of the Euquirer has
grown very long winded in the
last week's issue. The Dumo*
it A i took occasiou iu iu
last issue to define itself as uot
being party to any race but
those of Treasurer and Repre-
sentative, but as a voter would
make a choice for all the other
offices. The Waterloo Captain
comes "a tearing." ileal ly w
see nothing in this to call forth
a column and a half of Collin
County Bank stutf. This must
have been got up in theC. CJ. N.
Bank for as everybody knows
Bingham was not in his office
long enough to write such a
lengthy article during the whole
week. The genuine and origi-
nal articles «If the Enquirer are
usually from the fourth of aool*
iiiiiii down to two lines in length,
depending on the length of time
from one drink toanonier. Thee*
lengthy articles are brought
within the terms of Binghani't
patent for falsehood and slander
>y his adopting them ao hii
iwn. Bingham is now ina state
of Mania a potu or delirium
"triangles" from the way he
grows terrible over the eleotion.
No use to get mad Cap, voor
crowd is gone world without
end. You had as well get la
your best "cussing" time, yo®
w ill have the balance of jour
natural life to cuss over fouM
defeat. Its your own fault, jo*
might have been on tho winning
sitle, but you went and ooU
out.
But three students
at the Massachusetts Agricultu-
ral College this year.
r Jf ifekra
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Robertson, Orrin. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1884, newspaper, October 30, 1884; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191414/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.